Terrestrial protected areas are those officially documented by national authorities.
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seychelles | 42.1 | 42.1 | 42.1 | 42.1 | 42.1 | 42.1 | 49.6 | 61.5 | 61.5 | 61.5 | 61.5 | 68.1 |
| Venezuela, RB | 54.1 | 54.1 | 54.1 | 54.1 | 54.1 | 54.1 | 54.1 | 56.9 | 56.9 | 56.9 | 56.9 | 56.8 |
| Bhutan | 28.8 | 48.0 | 48.0 | 48.0 | 48.0 | 48.0 | 48.0 | 49.7 | 49.7 | 49.7 | 49.7 | 51.6 |
| Zambia | 38.0 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 38.0 | 37.9 | 37.9 | 41.3 | 41.3 | 41.3 | 41.3 | 41.3 | 41.3 |
| Tanzania | 31.9 | 31.9 | 31.9 | 38.1 | 38.1 | 38.2 | 38.2 | 38.2 | 38.2 | 38.4 | 39.9 | 40.0 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 46.9 | 46.9 | 46.9 | 46.9 | 46.9 | 46.9 | 46.9 | 46.9 | 46.9 | 46.9 | 46.9 | 39.9 |
| Namibia | 44.0 | 37.9 | 37.9 | 37.9 | 37.9 | 37.9 | 37.9 | 37.9 | 37.9 | 37.9 | 39.9 | 39.9 |
| Cambodia | 26.3 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 39.7 | 39.7 | 39.7 | 39.7 | 39.8 |
| Guinea | 30.7 | 30.7 | 30.7 | 30.7 | 35.6 | 35.6 | 35.6 | 35.8 | 37.6 | 37.6 | 37.6 | 37.6 |
| Belize | 36.8 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 37.7 | 37.7 | 37.7 | 37.7 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 37.3 |
| Congo, Rep. | 36.4 | 37.1 | 37.1 | 40.6 | 40.6 | 40.7 | 40.7 | 36.8 | 36.8 | 36.8 | 36.8 | 36.8 |
| Bahamas, The | 13.3 | 13.3 | 31.2 | 31.2 | 36.6 | 36.6 | 36.6 | 36.6 | 36.6 | 36.6 | 36.6 | 34.6 |
| Comoros | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 33.8 | 33.8 | 33.8 | 33.8 | 33.7 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0 | 0.0 | 29.3 | 29.3 | 29.3 | 29.3 | 29.3 | 29.3 | 29.3 | 29.3 | 29.3 | 31.7 |
| Panama | 20.9 | 20.9 | 20.9 | 20.9 | 20.9 | 20.9 | 20.9 | 31.9 | 31.4 | 31.4 | 31.4 | 31.4 |
| Bolivia | 21.4 | 25.3 | 30.9 | 30.9 | 30.9 | 30.9 | 30.9 | 30.9 | 30.9 | 30.9 | 30.9 | 30.9 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 32.1 | 32.1 | 30.6 | 30.6 | 30.6 | 30.6 | 30.6 | 30.6 | 30.6 | 30.6 | 30.6 | 30.6 |
| Sri Lanka | 22.0 | 23.2 | 29.9 | 29.9 | 29.9 | 29.9 | 29.9 | 29.9 | 29.9 | 29.9 | 29.9 | 30.0 |
| Benin | 29.6 | 29.6 | 28.9 | 29.6 | 29.6 | 29.6 | 29.6 | 29.6 | 29.6 | 29.6 | 29.6 | 29.7 |
| Mozambique | 18.0 | 17.2 | 19.3 | 21.6 | 21.6 | 21.6 | 21.6 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 29.5 |
| Botswana | 29.1 | 29.1 | 29.1 | 29.1 | 29.1 | 29.1 | 29.1 | 29.1 | 29.1 | 29.1 | 29.1 | 29.1 |
| Zimbabwe | 28.1 | 26.7 | 26.7 | 27.2 | 27.2 | 27.2 | 27.2 | 27.2 | 27.2 | 27.2 | 28.3 | 28.3 |
| Togo | 27.8 | 27.6 | 27.6 | 27.6 | 27.6 | 27.6 | 27.6 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 28.1 |
| Senegal | 25.2 | 25.2 | 25.2 | 25.2 | 25.2 | 25.4 | 25.4 | 25.4 | 26.4 | 26.4 | 26.4 | 26.3 |
| Dominican Republic | 22.3 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 26.2 | 26.2 | 26.2 | 26.2 | 26.4 | 26.4 | 26.2 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 16.2 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 26.3 | 26.3 | 27.1 | 27.1 | 26.2 |
| Ecuador | 25.6 | 25.7 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 21.7 | 21.7 | 22.4 | 23.2 | 23.4 | 23.5 | 23.6 |
| Nepal | 17.2 | 23.5 | 23.4 | 23.6 | 23.6 | 23.6 | 23.6 | 23.6 | 23.6 | 23.6 | 23.6 | 23.6 |
| Honduras | 21.2 | 27.9 | 28.0 | 28.4 | 28.4 | 23.9 | 23.9 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 23.4 |
| Lesotho | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 21.3 | 23.4 |
| Malawi | 16.9 | 16.9 | 16.9 | 16.9 | 17.4 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 23.1 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 22.9 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 22.8 |
| Gabon | 20.0 | 20.1 | 20.1 | 20.1 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.7 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 10.9 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.6 |
| Peru | 31.3 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 21.3 | 21.3 | 21.3 | 21.5 | 21.6 | 22.3 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 |
| Azerbaijan | 11.8 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 22.1 |
| Oman | 10.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 22.0 |
| Chile | 18.3 | 18.3 | 18.3 | 18.4 | 18.4 | 18.5 | 20.4 | 20.9 | 20.9 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 21.6 |
| Dominica | 21.6 | 21.6 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 21.4 |
| Nicaragua | 37.2 | 37.2 | 37.2 | 37.2 | 37.2 | 37.2 | 37.2 | 21.3 | 21.3 | 21.3 | 21.3 | 21.2 |
| Chad | 18.6 | 18.6 | 18.6 | 20.4 | 20.4 | 20.4 | 20.4 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 |
| Guatemala | 31.7 | 31.7 | 31.7 | 31.7 | 31.7 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.1 | 20.1 | 20.1 | 20.1 | 20.1 |
| Jamaica | 15.9 | 15.9 | 15.9 | 15.9 | 15.9 | 15.9 | 15.9 | 15.9 | 16.2 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 19.9 |
| Mongolia | 13.8 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 17.7 | 17.7 | 17.7 | 19.8 | 19.8 | 19.8 | 19.8 | 19.8 |
| United Arab Emirates | 18.6 | 18.6 | 18.6 | 13.1 | 17.3 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 19.4 | 19.4 | 19.4 | 19.4 | 19.2 |
| Pakistan | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 19.2 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 23.3 | 23.3 | 23.3 | 19.3 | 19.3 | 19.3 | 19.3 | 19.3 | 19.3 | 19.3 | 19.3 | 19.0 |
| Lao PDR | 16.7 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 18.7 | 18.7 | 18.7 | 19.0 | 18.8 |
| Saudi Arabia | 31.3 | 31.3 | 31.3 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 15.6 | 18.5 |
| Thailand | 18.9 | 18.8 | 18.8 | 18.8 | 18.8 | 18.8 | 18.8 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 18.4 |
| St. Lucia | 16.9 | 16.8 | 18.7 | 18.7 | 18.7 | 18.7 | 18.7 | 18.7 | 18.7 | 18.7 | 18.7 | 18.2 |
| Niger | 16.7 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 18.2 |
| Cabo Verde | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 17.6 |
| Korea, Rep. | 6.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.7 | 15.7 | 16.7 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 17.4 |
| Kuwait | 18.8 | 18.8 | 18.8 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 17.0 | 17.1 |
| Colombia | 23.1 | 23.2 | 13.9 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 16.9 | 16.9 | 16.4 | 16.4 | 17.0 |
| Ethiopia | 18.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 17.6 | 17.6 | 16.1 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 16.9 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 10.0 | 19.3 | 19.3 | 19.3 | 18.6 | 18.6 | 18.6 | 21.0 | 19.9 | 19.9 | 19.9 | 16.5 |
| Burkina Faso | 15.8 | 15.8 | 15.8 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 14.9 | 14.9 | 16.4 | 16.4 | 16.4 | 16.4 | 16.5 |
| Timor-Leste | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.1 |
| Uganda | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 16.1 |
| Philippines | 10.9 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 15.4 | 15.4 | 15.9 | 15.9 | 15.9 | 16.0 |
| Cuba | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 16.6 | 16.6 | 16.6 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 15.6 |
| Qatar | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 15.8 | 15.8 | 15.8 | 15.8 | 15.6 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 12.9 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 14.9 |
| Suriname | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.8 |
| Central African Republic | 18.1 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 14.8 |
| Ghana | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.8 |
| Kenya | 14.3 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 14.0 |
| Nigeria | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.9 |
| Malaysia | 19.1 | 19.1 | 19.1 | 19.1 | 19.1 | 19.1 | 19.1 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 13.3 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 13.2 |
| Madagascar | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 12.7 |
| Sierra Leone | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 12.6 |
| Indonesia | 14.8 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.0 |
| Bahrain | 17.8 | 17.8 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 11.7 |
| Cameroon | 11.0 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Angola | 12.4 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 10.7 | 10.8 |
| West Bank and Gaza | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 10.0 | 10.0 | ||||
| Uzbekistan | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 9.5 | 9.5 |
| South Africa | 7.0 | 8.9 | 11.2 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.5 |
| Belarus | 8.3 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 9.4 |
| Rwanda | 10.7 | 9.6 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 |
| Grenada | 2.2 | 2.2 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| Haiti | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.6 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.6 |
| Guyana | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.4 |
| Lebanon | 0.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 7.9 |
| Tunisia | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 |
| India | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.7 |
| Vietnam | 6.5 | 6.5 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 |
| Burundi | 5.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.6 |
| Gambia, The | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.6 |
| Mali | 9.1 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| Myanmar | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.6 |
| Jordan | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
| Mauritius | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.0 |
| Algeria | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| Singapore | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 4.6 |
| Turkmenistan | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.3 |
| Vanuatu | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| Bangladesh | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| Eswatini | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| Liberia | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| Fiji | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| Afghanistan | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Maldives | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 3.0 | |
| Sudan | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| Morocco | 2.5 | 100.0 | 30.8 | 30.8 | 30.8 | 30.8 | 30.8 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| Djibouti | 0.1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Iraq | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Barbados | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| Yemen, Rep. | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Mauritania | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Libya | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Eritrea | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Somalia | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |